Union County Senior Center and interviews

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Event hosted by the Union County Democratic Party. Ruth Helms, Commissioner of Union County, introduces Gantt. At 1:23, recording abruptly changes to a one-on-one interview with Gantt. Gantt answers questions and primarily describes this election as a decision on which candidate is best for dealing with problems of working families. Counters questions on his feelings of Helms' ads as counterproductive to the issues he wants to talk about. A different one-on-one intervew begins at around 3:50 into the recording.

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Harvey Gantt Audio Tapes

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Title: Union County Senior Center and interviews
Date: 1996-09-12
Interviewee: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Physical Description: 1 audio file (0:35:14) : digital, MP3
Description: Event hosted by the Union County Democratic Party. Ruth Helms, Commissioner of Union County, introduces Gantt. At 1:23, recording abruptly changes to a one-on-one interview with Gantt. Gantt answers questions and primarily describes this election as a decision on which candidate is best for dealing with problems of working families. Counters questions on his feelings of Helms' ads as counterproductive to the issues he wants to talk about. A different one-on-one intervew begins at around 3:50 into the recording.
Digital Collection: Harvey Gantt Papers
Series: Gantt Audio Tapes
Collection Description: Harvey Bernard Gantt is an architect and Democratic politician active in North Carolina. Gantt entered local Charlotte politics in 1974 serving on the city council until 1983. He was elected to two terms as the first black Mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987. In the 1990s (1990 and 1996), he ran twice for the United States Senate against Jesse Helms. The bulk of the collection is comprised of audiovisual materials from Gantt's 1996 campaign against Jesse Helms for U.S. Senate, but also includes speeches and writings.
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Genre: sound recordings
spoken word
interviews
Language: eng
Subjects--Names: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Helms, Jesse
Subjects--Organizations: Democratic Party (N.C.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Subjects--Topics: Political campaigns
Politics and government
African Americans--Politics and government
Subjects--Places: North Carolina
North Carolina--Union County
Physical Location: Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Call Number: Manuscript 543
Finding Aid: https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1437
Rights Holder Information: This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Harvey B. Gantt.
Rights Statement: Use of this resource is governed by the terms of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives" License.
Funding Note: This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Digital Object Notes: MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette.
Identifier: ganms543-05-028_01
Date Digitized: 2018-12-05

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